Dilip Kumar (born Mohammed Yusuf Khan; 11 December 1922 – 7 July 2021) was an Indian actor and film producer, best known for his work in Hindi cinema. Referred to as the "Tragedy King" and "The First Khan", he has been credited for bringing a distinct form of method acting technique to cinema. Kumar holds the record for most wins for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor and was also the inaugural recipient of the award.
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Dilip Kumar - Actor film producer
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1. Profile :
Born Mohammed Yusuf Khan, 11 December 1922, Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India
Died 7 July 2021 (aged 98), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation - Actor film producer
Years active 1944–1999
Spouse(s) - Asma Sahiba - 1. ?(m. 1981; div. 1983)? 2. Saira Banu ?(m. 1966)?
Relatives - Nasir Khan (brother), Begum Para (sister-in-law), Ayub Khan (nephew)
Awards - Filmfare Award for Best Actor (8 times), Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1994)
Honours - Padma Bhushan (1991), Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1998), Padma Vibhushan (2015)
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha - In office- 3 April 2000 – 2 April 2006
Constituency Maharashtra
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2. Introduction :
Dilip Kumar (born Mohammed Yusuf Khan; 11 December 1922 – 7 July 2021) was an Indian actor and film producer, best known for his work in Hindi cinema. Referred to as the "Tragedy King" and "The First Khan", he has been credited for bringing a distinct form of method acting technique to cinema. Kumar holds the record for most wins for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor and was also the inaugural recipient of the award.
Kumar debuted as an actor in the film Jwar Bhata (1944), produced by Bombay Talkies. In a career spanning over five decades, Kumar worked in over 65 films. Kumar is known for roles in films such as the romantic Andaz (1949), the swashbuckling Aan (1952), the social drama Daag (1952), the dramatic Devdas (1955), the comical Azaad (1955), the epic historical Mughal-e-Azam (1960), the social dacoit crime drama Gunga Jamuna (1961), and the comedy Ram Aur Shyam (1967).
In 1976, Kumar took a five-year break from film performances and returned with a character role in the film Kranti (1981) and continued his career playing leading roles in films such as Shakti (1982), Mashaal (1984), Karma (1986) and Saudagar (1991). His last film was Qila (1998).
Kumar had a long relationship with actress Madhubala but never married her. He married actress Saira Bano in 1966. He resided with his wife in Bandra, a suburb of Mumbai in the state of Maharashtra in India.
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3. Early life :
Kumar was born on 11 December 1922, to a Hindko-speaking Awan family at his family home in the Qissa Khawani Bazaar area of Peshawar, British India, one of the twelve children of Lala Ghulam Sarwar Khan and his wife Ayesha Begum. He was named Mohammad Yusuf Khan, His father was a fruit merchant.
Kumar was schooled at Barnes School, Deolali, Nashik. He grew up in the same neighborhood as Raj Kapoor, his childhood friend, and later his colleague in the film industry.
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4. Career :
4.1. 1940s: First film roles and initial success :
first film was Jwar Bhata in 1944, which went unnoticed. After a few more unsuccessful films, it was Jugnu (1947), in which he starred alongside Noor Jehan, that became his first major hit at the box office. His next major hits were the 1948 films Shaheed and Mela.
*Kumar with actors Raj Kapoor and Nargis in a scene of the film Andaz (1949)
He got his breakthrough role in 1949 with Mehboob Khan's Andaz, in which he starred alongside Raj Kapoor and Nargis. Shabnam also released that year was another box office hit.
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4.2. 1950s: Breakthrough years :
Kumar went on to have success in the 1950s playing leading roles in several box office hits such as Jogan (1950), Babul (1950), Hulchul (1951), Deedar (1951), Tarana (1951), Daag (1952), Sangdil (1952), Shikast (1953), Amar (1954), Uran Khatola (1955), Insaniyat (1955) in which he co-starred with Dev Anand, Devdas (1955), Naya Daur (1957), Yahudi (1958), Madhumati (1958) and Paigham (1959). Some of these films established his screen image as the "Tragedy King". Kumar briefly suffered from depression due to portraying many tragic roles and on the advice of his psychiatrist, he also took on light-hearted roles. Mehboob Khan's big-budget 1952 swashbuckling musical Aan featured him in one of his first lighter roles and marked his first film to be shot in technicolor and to have a wide release across Europe with a lavish premiere in London.[19] He had further success with lighter roles as a thief in the comedy Azaad (1955), and as a royal prince in the romantic musical Kohinoor (1960)
He was the first actor to win the Filmfare Best Actor Award (for Daag) and went on to win it a further seven times. He formed popular on-screen pairings with many of the top actresses at the time including Vyjayanthimala, Madhubala, Nargis, Nimmi, Meena Kumari and Kamini Kaushal. 9 of his films in the 1950s were ranked in the Top 30 highest-grossing films of the decade.
In the 1950s, Kumar became the first actor to charge ?1 lakh (equivalent to ?85 lakh or US$120,000 in 2019) per film.
*Kumar with actress Meena Kumari in Yahudi (1958)
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4. 3.1960 : Mughal-e-Azam and venture into production :
In 1960, he portrayed Prince Salim in K. Asif's big-budget epic historical film Mughal-e-Azam, which was the highest-grossing film in Indian film history for 11 years until it was surpassed by 1971 film Haathi Mere Saathi and later by the 1975 film Sholay. If adjusted for inflation, Mughal-e-Azam was the highest-grossing Indian film through to the early 2010s, equivalent to over ?1000 crore in 2011.
The film told the story of Prince Salim, who revolts against his father Akbar (played by Prithviraj Kapoor), and falls in love with a courtesan (played by Madhubala). The film was mostly shot in black and white, with only some scenes in the latter half of the film shot in colour. 44 years after its original release, it was fully colourised and re-released in 2004.
In 1961, Kumar wrote, produced, and starred in Ganga Jamuna opposite his frequent leading lady Vyjayanthimala and his brother Nasir Khan, this was the only film he produced. Kumar chose the shade of saree that Vyjayanthimala would wear in every scene. The film received the National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film in Hindi, the Paul Revere Silver Bowl at the Boston International Film Festival, the Special Honour Diploma from the Czechoslovak Academy of Arts in Prague, and the Special Prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
In 1962, British director David Lean offered him the role of "Sherif Ali" in his film Lawrence of Arabia (1962), but Kumar declined to perform in the movie. The role eventually went to Omar Sharif, the Egyptian actor. Kumar comments in his much later released autobiography, "he thought Omar Sharif had played the role far better than he himself could have". Kumar was also being considered for a leading role opposite Elizabeth Taylor in a film that Lean was working on called Taj Mahal, before the project was cancelled.
His next film Leader (1964) was a below average grosser at the box office. He was the co-director alongside Abdul Rashid Kardar of his next release Dil Diya Dard Liya in 1966, but was uncredited as director. In 1967, Kumar played a dual role of twins separated at birth in the hit film Ram Aur Shyam. In 1968, he starred alongside Manoj Kumar and Waheeda Rehman in Aadmi. That same year, he starred in Sunghursh with Vyjayanthimala which was their last film together which created a total of seven hit films together.
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4.4. 1970s: Career slump :
Kumar's career slumped in the 1970s with films like Dastaan (1972) failing at the box office. He starred alongside his real-life wife Saira Banu in Gopi (1970). They were paired again in his first and only Bengali language film Sagina Mahato (1970). A Hindi remake Sagina was made in 1974 with the same cast. He played triple roles as a father and his twin sons in Bairaag (1976) which failed to do well at the box office. He personally regarded M. G. Ramachandran's performance in Enga Veetu Pillai better than his role in Ram Aur Shyam. He regards his performance in Bairaag much higher than that of Ram Aur Shyam. Although his performance in Bairaag and Gopi were critically acclaimed, he lost many film offers to act in leading roles to actors Rajesh Khanna and Sanjeev Kumar, from 1968 to 1987. He took a five-year hiatus from films from 1976 to 1981.
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4.5. 1980s: Return to success :
In 1981, he returned to films as a character actor playing central roles in ensemble films. His comeback film was the star-studded Kranti which was the biggest hit of the year. Appearing alongside an ensemble cast including Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini and Shatrughan Sinha, he played the title role as a revolutionary fighting for India's independence from British rule. He then successfully collaborated with director Subhash Ghai starting with Vidhaata (1982), in which he starred alongside Sanjay Dutt, Sanjeev Kumar and Shammi Kapoor. Later that year he starred alongside Amitabh Bachchan in Ramesh Sippy's Shakti which was a hit grosser at the box office and won him critical acclaim and his eighth and final Filmfare Award for Best Actor. In 1984, he starred in Yash Chopra's social crime drama Mashaal opposite Anil Kapoor which failed at the box office but his performance was critically acclaimed. He also appeared alongside Rishi Kapoor in Duniya (1984) and Jeetendra in Dharm Adhikari (1986).
His second collaboration with Subhash Ghai came with the 1986 ensemble action film Karma. Karma marked the first film which paired him opposite fellow veteran actress Nutan. Three decades earlier however, they were paired together in an incomplete and unreleased film titled Shikwa. He acted opposite Nutan again in the 1989 film Kanoon Apna Apna.
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4.6. 1990s: Directorial debut and career decline :
In 1991, Kumar starred alongside fellow veteran actor Raaj Kumar in Saudagar, his third and last film with director Subhash Ghai. This was his second film with Raaj Kumar after 1959's Paigham. Saudagar was Kumar's last box office success. In 1994, he won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the industry.
In 1992, producer Sudhakar Bokade announced a film titled Kalinga which would officially mark Kumar's directorial debut after he had allegedly previously ghost directed Ganga Jamuna (1961) and Dil Diya Dard Liya (1967). Kumar was also set to star in the title role with the cast including Raj Babbar, Raj Kiran, Amitoj Mann and Meenakshi Seshadri. After being delayed for several years, Kalinga was eventually left incomplete and shelved.
In 1998, Kumar made his last film appearance in the box office flop Qila, where he played dual roles as an evil landowner who is murdered and as his twin brother who tries to solve the mystery of his death.
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4.7. 2000s–2021: Intermittent work and political career :
In 2001, Kumar was set to appear in a film titled Asar – The Impact alongside Ajay Devgan and Priyanka Chopra, which was shelved. His classic films Mughal-e-Azam and Naya Daur were fully colourised and re-released in cinemas in 2004 and 2008 respectively. An unreleased film he had shot and completed in 1990 titled Aag Ka Dariya was set for a theatrical release in 2013 but has not been released to date. He was also set to appear in Subhash Ghai's war film, Mother Land, alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan, but this film was shelved after Khan decided to leave the project.
Kumar was a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India's parliament, from 2000 to 2006. He was nominated by the Indian National Congress to represent Maharashtra. Kumar utilized a significant portion of his MPLADS fund towards the construction and improvement of the Bandstand Promenade and the gardens at Bandra Fort at Lands End in Bandra.
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5. Personal life :
*Kumar with Vyjayanthimala on the sets of Leader
Kumar had fallen in love with Madhubala during the shooting of Tarana. They remained in a relationship for seven years until the Naya Daur court case, during which Kumar testified against Madhubala and her father, ending their relationship. They never worked together again after Mughal-e-Azam (1960). In the late 1950s, Vyjayanthimala was linked by gossip magazines with Kumar, who has acted with her the most compared to any other actress, which resulted in great on-screen chemistry between them. While working for his home production Gunga Jumna (1961), Kumar reportedly handpicked the shade of sari that Vyjayanthimala would wear in every scene.
*Kumar with his wife Saira Banu in 2007 :
In 1966, Kumar married actress Saira Banu, who was 22 years younger than him. He later married Hyderabad socialite Asma Sahiba, taking her as a second wife in 1981. That marriage ended in January 1983. Banu and he lived in Bandra. They did not have any children. In his autobiography, Dilip Kumar: The Substance and the Shadow, he revealed that Banu had conceived in 1972, but developed complications in the pregnancy, leading to the child's death. Following this, they did not try to have children again, believing that it to be God's will.
Kumar was fluent in Urdu, Hindi, Hindko (his first language), Punjabi, Marathi, English, Bengali, Gujarati, Pashto, Persian and the Awadhi and Bhojpuri dialects. He was also a great music enthusiast and also learnt how to play the sitar for a film. He loved cricket and played it often.
His younger brother Nasir Khan (1924–1974) was also a noted film actor. Two of his younger brothers died during the COVID-19 pandemic after testing positive for COVID-19: Aslam Khan died at the age of 88 in August 2020, and Ehsan Khan died at 90 in September 2020.
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6. Death :
Kumar died at Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, on 7 July 2021 at 7:30 am. He had been suffering from prostate cancer. The Government of Maharashtra approved his burial with state honours at Juhu Qabrastan on 7 July 2021.
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7. Legacy :
*Kumar with actor Shah Rukh Khan in 2009
Kumar is widely considered one of the greatest actors in the history of Hindi cinema.[71][7][8] He holds the Guinness World Record for winning the maximum number of awards by an Indian actor. Over his career, he received eight Filmfare Awards for Best Actor (with 19 total nominations) and a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (1993).5] He also received a Special Recognition Filmfare Award at the 50th Filmfare Awards for being one of the first recipients of Filmfare Awards along with Lata Mangeshkar and Naushad Ali. Many great actors including Shah Rukh Khan consider Kumar as their inspiration. Kumar was also known as "Tragedy King" because of the depressing but award-winning roles he took.
Kumar greets Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan at Meenambakkam Airport, Chennai (c.?1960). Kumar is the only Indian recipient of Pakistan's highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Imtiaz.
Kumar was appointed Sheriff of Mumbai (an honorary position) for 1980. The Government of India honoured Kumar with the Padma Bhushan in 1991, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2015.[79] The Government of Andhra Pradesh honoured Kumar with NTR National Award in 1997. The Government of Pakistan conferred Kumar with Nishan-e-Imtiaz, the highest civilian award in Pakistan, in 1998 The ruling political party of Shiv Sena in Maharashtra had objected to this award and questioned Kumar's patriotism. However, in 1999 in consultation with the then Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Kumar retained the award. He was honoured with CNN-IBN Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.
From the Independence of India to late 2010s Kumar held the record of giving the highest number of box office grossing films(9 films) until his record was broken by Salman Khan by delivering 10 films. But when adjusted for inflation, the record remains with Kumar. His historical movie Mughal-E-Azam is the highest-grossing film (equivalent to 2000 crores in 2015) in India when adjusted for inflation.
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8. Filmography :
Dilip Kumar was an Indian actor, film producer and philanthropist known for his work in Hindi films. Kumar made his acting debut in 1944 with Jwar Bhata. However, the movie did not do too well at the box office. Three years later, the 1947 drama Jugnu opposite Noor Jehan, was the first major hit for Kumar. The highest-grossing Indian film of 1947, established Kumar as one of the Indian film industry's legends. In 1948, Kumar had five releases including family drama Ghar Ki Izzat, war drama Shaheed, romantic tragedy Mela and romance Anokha Pyar. Kumar's last release of 1948 Nadiya Ke Paar which emerged as year's highest grossing Indian film. In 1949, he featured alongside Raj Kapoor in Mehboob Khan's Andaz opposite Nargis. This love triangle at the time of its release was the highest-grossing Indian film ever.
The 1950s saw Kumar in a number of hits playing a variety of roles in films Jogan (1950), Babul (1950), Tarana (1951), Deedar (1951), Aan (1952), Footpath (1953) and Amar (1954). Kumar won the first-ever Filmfare Award in the Best Actor category for his performance in 1954 release Daag. Two years later, Kumar appeared as a wealthy man named Azaad in drama Azaad, which earned him the Filmfare Best Actor Award. Later he starred as a depressed lover in Devdas, which again earned him the Filmfare Best Actor Award for the consecutive year. Some of these films established his screen image as the "Tragedy King" because of his ill-fated characters in films. In the same year, Kumar's 9 films were ranked in the Top 30 highest-grossing films of the decade.
In 1960, Kumar appeared in K. Asif's big-budget epic historical film Mughal-e-Azam. He played Mughal Prince Salim, who falls in love with Anarkali (a court dancer, played by Madhubala), and later revolts against his father Akbar (Prithviraj Kapoor). The film was successful at the box office earning a net revenue of ?55 million (US$11,530,000).The film became the highest-grossing film of all time. Kumar produced and starred in Ganga Jamuna opposite his most frequent leading actress Vyjayanthimala. He then played dual roles in drama Ram Aur Shyam (1967), a film remembered for Dilip Kumar and Pran's acting. It earned him his six Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Kumar's career slumped with films like Dastaan (1972), which flopped badly at the box office.
In 1981, Dilip Kumar appeared in historical drama Kranti, he played the title role as a revolutionary fighting for India's independence from British rule. Dilip Kumar successfully collaborated with director Subhash Ghai in films Vidhaata (1982), action film Karma, and Saudagar. Kumar made his last film appearance in Qila. His two films Aag Ka Dariya and Kalinga, are completed but remain unreleased for unknown reasons.
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9. Films :
List of performances in feature films
Year Title Role(s) Director(s) Notes Ref.
1944 Jwar Bhata Jagdish Amiya Chakravarty
1945 Pratima Paidi Jairaj
1946 Milan Ramesh Nitin Bose
1947 Jugnu Suraj Shaukat Hussain Rizvi
1948 Ghar Ki Izzat Chander Ram Daryani
Shaheed Ram Ramesh Saigal
Mela Mohan S. U. Sunny
Anokha Pyar Ashok M. I. Dharamsey
Nadiya Ke Par Chhote Kumar Kishore Sahu
1949 Shabnam Manoj B. Mitra
Andaz Dilip Mehboob Khan
1950 Jogan Vijay Kidar Nath Sharma
Arzoo Badal Shaheed Latif
Babul Ashok Naushad
1951 Hulchul Kishore S. K. Ojha
Deedar Shyamu Nitin Bose
Tarana Dr. Motilal Ram Daryani
1952 Daag Shankar Amiya Chakravarty Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Sangdil Shankar R. C. Talwar
Aan Jai Tilak Mehboob Khan
1953 Shikast Dr. Ram Singh Ramesh Saigal
Footpath Noshu Zia Sarhadi
1954 Amar Amarnath Mehboob Khan
1955 Devdas Devdas Bimal Roy Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Azaad Kumar / Azaad / Abdul Rahim Khan S. M. Sriramulu Naidu Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Uran Khatola Kashi S. U. Sunny
Insaniyat Mangal S. S. Vasan
1957 Musafir Raja Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Naya Daur Shankar B. R. Chopra Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1958 Yahudi Prince Marcus Bimal Roy
Madhumati Anand / Deven Bimal Roy Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1959 Paigham Ratan Lal S. S. Vasan Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1960 Kohinoor Yuvraj Rana Devendra Pratap Bahadur / Kohinoor S. U. Sunny Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Mughal-E-Azam Prince Salim K. Asif
1961 Gunga Jumna Gungaram 'Gunga' Nitin Bose Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1964 Leader Vijay Khanna Ram Mukherjee Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1966 Paari Warden (cameo) Jagannath Chatterjee Bengali film
Dil Diya Dard Liya Shankar / Raja Sahib Abdul Rashid Kardar / self Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1967 Ram Aur Shyam Ram / Shyam (Double Role) Tapi Chanakya Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1968 Aadmi Rajesh / Raja Sahib A. Bhimsingh Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Sunghursh Kundan Prasad / Bajrangi Harnam Singh Rawail Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Sadhu Aur Shaitaan Himself A. Bhimsingh Uncredited
1970 Sagina Mahato Sagina Mahato Tapan Sinha Bengali film
Gopi Gopiram "Gopi" A. Bhimsingh Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1972 Dastaan Diwan Anil Kumar / Sunil Kumar / Judge Vishnu Sahay B. R. Chopra
Anokha Milan Warden Jagannath Chatterjee Cameo
Koshish Cameo Gulzar
1974 Sagina Sagina Maheto Tapan Sinha Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Phir Kab Milogi Teja Singh Hrishikesh Mukherjee Special appearance
1976 Bairaag Kailash / Bholenath "Bhola" / Sanjay Asit Sen Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1981 Kranti Sanga Manoj Kumar
1982 Shakti D.C.P. Ashwini Kumar Ramesh Sippy Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Vidhaata Shamsher Singh / Shobhraj Subhash Ghai
1983 Mazdoor Dinanath Saxena Ravi Chopra
1984 Mashaal Vinod Kumar Yash Chopra Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Duniya Mohan Kumar Ramesh Talwar
1986 Dharm Adhikari Dharamraj K. Raghavendra Rao
Karma Jailor Vishwanath Pratap Singh / Rana / Dada Thakur Subhash Ghai
1989 Kanoon Apna Apna Collector Jagat Pratap Singh B. Gopal
1990 Izzatdaar Brahma Dutt K. Bapaiah
1991 Saudagar Thakur Veer Singh Subhash Ghai Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1998 Qila Judge Amarnath Singh / Jagannath Singh Umesh Mehra
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10. Legendary actor Dilip Kumar passes away at 98, burial at 5 pm today : July 7, 2021 12:30:32 pm : The Indian EXPRESS.
Dilip Kumar, who was popularly known as the tragedy king of Bollywood, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 98. The actor will be buried with full state honours at Mumbai's Qabrastan in the evening today.
Legendary actor Dilip Kumar, who was popularly known as the tragedy king of Bollywood, passed away on Wednesday morning. The actor was 98 and is survived by his wife, veteran actor Saira Banu. His funeral will take place at 5 pm in Mumbai and his mortal remains were taken to his Bandra residence. The actor will be accorded a state funeral, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has announced.
Dr Jalil Parkar told Indianexpress.com that Dilip Kumar passed away at 7:30 am on Wednesday. “He passed away due to prolonged illness. He was 98,” added Parkar.
Doctors said Dilip Kumar suffered from advanced prostate cancer that had spread to other organs of his body. “He had water in pleural cavity, and he suffered a kidney failure. He required blood transfusion multiple times. We carried the last transfusion but it did not help,” a hospital doctor said. He suffered a drop in blood pressure and haemoglobin towards the end. “The cancer spread made it difficult to treat him,” the doctor said
The actor’s official Twitter account also confirmed the news of his death, “With a heavy heart and profound grief, I announce the passing away of our beloved Dilip Saab, few minutes ago. We are from God and to Him we return.” Another updated said the last rites of the late actor will take place at 5 pm on Wednesday. “Burial today at 5:00 PM. Juhu Qabrastan at Santacruz Mumbai.”
Personalities from the world of politics, entertainment and sports mourned his loss. President Ram Nath Kovind wrote: “Dilip Kumar summarised in himself a history of emerging India. The thespian’s charm transcended all boundaries, and he was loved across the subcontinent. With his demise, an era ends. Dilip Saab will live forever in the heart of India. Condolences to family and countless fans.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: “Dilip Kumar ji will be remembered as a cinematic legend. He was blessed with unparalleled brilliance, due to which audiences across generations were enthralled. His passing away is a loss to our cultural world. Condolences to his family, friends and innumerable admirers. RIP.”
Actor Amitabh Bachchan called it ‘end of an era’. He wrote on Instagram, “My idol Dilip Saheb .. lost .. never before never after .. “an epic era has drawn curtains .. never to happen again“.
Dilip Kumar — born Yusuf Khan — was a trendsetter in terms of acting style, and inspired generations of actors across the various streams of Indian cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest actors that India has ever seen, his career spanned over five iconic decades. One of the legends of Golden Age of cinema in India, he was considered a master of understatement, and eschewed the loud and theatrical elements of acting.
Some of his best known films are Devdas, Mughal-e-Azam, Gunga Jamuna, Ram Aur Shyam, Naya Daur, Madhumati, Kranti, Vidhaata, Shakti and Mashaal, to name just a few.
Dilip Kumar was born in the Qissa Khawani Bazaar area of Peshawar (present day Pakistan) to Ayesha Begum and Lala Ghulam Sarwar Khan. He debuted in films with 1944’s Jwar Bhata, but the film and his work did not garner much attention. It was with 1947’s Jugnu, also starring Noor Jehan, that he clinched his first box office hit.
In 1949, he starred in Andaz with Raj Kapoor and Nargis, and it was that film that made Dilip Kumar a big star. He was the first actor to win the Filmfare Award for Best Actor in 1954, and won it a total of 8 times. He and Shah Rukh Khan jointly hold the record for most Filmfare trophies.
The enduring greatness of Dilip Kumar and what he means to Hindi cinema
Dilip Kumar is listed in the Guinness World Records for winning the maximum number of awards by an Indian actor. He is also credited as the first method actor in India. He was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994 and Padma Vibhushan in 2015.
Dilip Kumar was last seen in the 1998 film Qila. His death has left a gaping void in the film industry.
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